ABOUT THE HECKLER

“I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. And that’s really it. You know, if I really wanted to enact social change… I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.”

~Jon Stewart

The Professional Heckler is Loi Reyes Landicho, a Batangas-born humor blogger from Makati City.

The Professional Heckler has been recognized four times in a row by the Philippine Blog Awards:

A number of his blog posts were included in the political humor book “Hello Garci, Hello Maa’m: Political Humor in the Cellphone Age” published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) in 2005.

hello po! I am Bryan from Iloilo City…I just found out that our local newspaper…Panay News was also plagiarizing your political jokes! The Publisher Mr. Danny Fajardo in his news lapsus calami copied your hunor but never revealed the source. Remember the jamby-tomBoy joke and jamby will debate anyone except juday! That is what he plagiarized.

hey bryan. thanks so much. yup, the jamby-juday joke came from this blog. i would like to give him the benefit of the doubt. a number of my blog posts are being circulated via email kasi and sa pagpu-forward, nawawala na ang name ng original source. i know it’s disappointing pero unti-unti na akong nasasanay. just the other day, a cousin of mine forwarded the AYON SA MGA BITUIN horoscope article. he didn’t know about my blog pala. so i told him na it was originally published in my blog. natawa na lang siya. A big sigh. Ang wish ko na nga lang, kapag newspapers na ang nagpi-print, sana may effort man lang na alamin ang source.

hey TPH, great job with the heckling, wish could heckle this monkeys we call public officials on a more regular basis either on Radio or TV. I just dont know if they will allow you be on air HEHE, but seriously our media needs a jab in the groins heckling so that as a people we get to appreciate more the stupdity and cupidity of our political system. Keep up the heckling….

This blog always gives me a respite from racking my brains on what to write next for our site…a source of inspiration, too! Heckler, would you be interested in doing some more politically flavored heckling on this new Pinoy site (supposed to be a hybrid of ohmynews, cracked and rotten tomatoes.com, parang pinoy jeep) we’re putting up? We’re still ironing out the kinks before we try to launch it live, and I’m supposed to be looking around for potential hecklers, er, contributors. Drop me a message at tinette@wikipilipinas.org.ph if you’re open to the suggestion.

i actually just discovered yr site today…thanks to one of those who commented on brian gorrel’s latest blog about, who else diba?! that blog site has kept me glued to my laptop every free time i get, lunch time man or when at home, parang teleserye…di ko rin akalain na napaka chismosa ko din pala but what the heck, it’s fun to read about those trying hard to be part of the creme de la creme, coke snuffin’ nouveau riche…they are so trying…mga fplp naman.

Love dropping by yor BLOG, keeps me sane and cheerful despite the dreary aura of the world around with global warming’s ill effects and the political turmoil that the world seems to be in these days. hope you can heckle other country’s politicians too. like Hilary Clintonand Barack Obama, I’m sure pres. Bush would be as fun as heckling GMA. if not american politicians then perhaps american celebrities will do? just an idea you might consider, thanks for dropping by my BLOG too. keep writing. more power & God bless!

just read your posts today. very witty, i must say. i don’t watch much tv actually and i esp. loathe local news, many thanks, your blog is fast becoming my source for current events with a twist. keep writing!

Love your blog, I think your writing style is brilliant and you are never patronising to your readers. I love it and will follow it regularly.

However, a quick one on football: I am a huge Liverpool FC supporter so that makes us mortal enemies instantly but my bigger question is how can one be a Man U and a Real Madrid fan at the same time? Tsk tsk to your loyalty — who will you support if they compete for the European Cup? I think you just like David Beckham.. are you supporting LA Galaxy as well then?? 🙂

Thanks for sharing your writing to the cyber community and thanks for your intelligent and humourous articles. It’s like a breath of fresh air from broadsheets that, more often then not, contain embedded advertising and promotion of a product or political figure. Keep it up!

you are cute and lots smart! i dont mind if you dont attend mass or believ in the afterlife, just because youre cute and lots of smart! hehehe. anyway, il hav fun stalking your blog. god knows philippine news shud be made funny jud, otherwise id hav opened my veins with my bare hand(s?) a long time ago. gaddd, your cute!!! 90 % of it comes from smartness…hahahaha. im such a sucker for smart-UP-bred guys. too bad i dont think ur from intarmed or i wud have gobbled you up already.

I read your blog to get real news about the Philippines. I feel that I know more about what’s going on in the country than when I was living there and reading the newspaper daily.
Love your humor. Hope you don’t mind if I add you as a link on my blog so I can keep reading your stuff and perhaps enlighten some of my readers to the joys of your sarcastic posts.

there wasnt a thread of doubt in my mind that youd win the category 🙂 besides, theyre just affirming what Ive known for a long time already, youre just too cute to lose!!! cheers! go UP! Go Roger! Go Rafa! er…hmmm…

if you liked Battle of the Brains,you would have loved IQ7(Student Canteen) hosted by Eddie Ilarde..that was the only show i understood and participated in (silently) since i didnt speak tagalog then..the likes of Mon Lorenzo,Bong Barrameda ..brilliant minds..i wonder where they are now..
Congratulations!

a borrowed saying….
“Never argue with an idiot;they will drag you down to their own level,then beat you with experience…”

Hi Heckler! First time for me to visit your blog. Great work here! I’ll include you in my blogroll. I’ve never been good at delivering punchlines but my friends say I’m funny, ironically (must be those self-deprecating jokes they find humorous). Anyway, here’s one of the funniest jokes I’ve heard lately:

A man opened the ref. Suddenly, something on top of the lettuce screamed, “Don’t look! I’m dressing!”

bonjour..am a fil-am residing in france. haven’t lived in manila for a loooong time but i keep up with news & happening online. last night, a french show , tellement vrai (really true) , on nrj12 cable channel featured divine lee and tim yap (the show always features Dlist celebs). don’t know or have any experience with these people but have heard of tim yap via gucci gang controversery etc. what can i say…i hope my french friends weren’t watching.

the guy’s a joke..the premise of the show was tim yap as a young mover & shaker. featured him doing a variety of tv gigs like a dinner(live) show, interviews with celebs, his embassy club, opening of his resto cafeteria, at philstar producing his supremo section. he brags about owning a hotel in boracay, he was bragging about his family owning this fab house on a hill also in boracay..weird though that his car didn’t enter the compound upon arrival and the security didn’t seem to know him??!! he showed them around his OTT apartment where he showed off his signature clothes.

divine lee’s feature was more balanced. a young-working heiress. but a model? what the F? i won’t be rude..at least she wasn’t self promoting like tim yap. i have NO idea why these people were featured.

but the funny part…at the end of the show, the french journalist in manila brought out giveaways they got from tim yap that they laughed about… a TY doll, a shirt that said tim yap forever,and…a TY cologne that the host laughed about…he said it smelled like a bad air freshener and the journalist said that TY would spray it everywhere they went…hahaha.

didn’t know who to share this with. if they post the video of the show online, if you want it, i’ll send it to you.

Hi there Loi, just read some of your blogs here…well, all i can say is I am so proud (even more) of being a “Landicho”…keep it up and I want you to know that I sure will be promoting your site here in Toronto…

Hi there! I’m Roxanne Flora, a student from the College of Mass Communication in the University of the Philippines Diliman. Our thesis is about the Bloggers’ Code of Ethics. Being one of the winners in the recently held Pinoy Blog Awards, we would like to ask if you could be one of our interviewees. Thank you so much! We hope to hear from you soon! Happy holidays!

hi there!!! i really look forward every month for updates on your blog!! your heckles really complete my day, week or month.. which every comes first hehehe more power!! and Have a happy new year!!! and by the way i REALLY3x hate this new beer commercial that makes us guys look like pompous, empty headed, insensitive, jack asses!!! stupid commercial!!!!!!!! WHATS A REAL GUY SUPPOSE TO BE HUH!!?????!!!!! anyway thanks hehehe

ur ryt divi!!! but the Filipino masses have diff. appeal when it comes to comedy. they like Mr. wowowee, pokwang poohkiyaw.. hehehe but i hope it would happen someday.. hehehe Q and A??? Hambog day Si mr wowowee????

We are from the University of the Philippines Speech Communication Association (UP SPECA). We are an association upholding the power and the needs of speech communication majors and enthusiasts.

The University of the Philippines is holding its annual Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) on February 6, 2009 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. The ACLE allows the students to learn and expand their knowledge beyond the classroom setting by attending talks and seminars prepared by various student organizations. UP SPECA is going to host a talk entitled: “Blogging: Communication and Hyperrealism.” This talk aims to increase the awareness of the students regarding the nature of blogging, its benefits and possible repercussions on both the blogger and the reader(s). It also aims to tackle the use of blogs in commerce, journalism, and in the academe, among others.

In this light, we would like to invite you to become one of our guest speakers to share your life and experiences as a blogger, or as a person who uses blogs in different transactions, for that matter.

We feel that your story will contribute a lot to our knowledge and inspire us in our future endeavors.

You’re such a witty young man and I really enjoy your infusion of humor on our gloomy current state right now. Thank Mr William Esposo for mentioning you in his column for I ( and I’m sure many more of us ) came to know the existence of your blog through him. Keep it up.

You’re such a witty young man and I really enjoy your infusion of humor on our gloomy current state right now. Thank Mr William Esposo for mentioning you in his column for I ( and I’m sure many more of us ) came to know the existence of your blog through him. Keep it up.
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HEY! Thank you so much for droppin’ by my blog. And thanks for informing me about Mr. Esposo’s PhilStar column. Will get a copy today. ( I just woke up. 🙂

Be happy, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you to judgment.

AFTER a Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS), a man comes home spiritually renewed. On the road he sees his former drinking buddies and is tempted to join them. But he prays hard, “Lord, cover my eyes.” And he passes right by them.

* * *

A few meters after, he sees his former gambling buddies playing tong-its. Summoning strength he prays once again, “Lord, cover my eyes.” And he passes right by them.

Then at the end of the road, he sees a beautiful, shapely woman. Unable to resist the temptation to look, he blurted out: “Lord, cover Your eyes.”

been reading your blog for sometime..not familiar with blogging thing until I transferred in this eternal city of Rome…maybe to ease my somehow monotonous life…i discovers blogs….you and started bloggin myself for less than a month…
kudos!

I received an email message from UPLB alumna saying that woman in the MMK Blusa episode is a 1980 Agribusiness graduate and had a 2.5 GPA according to Dr. Rita Laude, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. So waaaaaay off from the claim that she was a summa cum laude grad.

I am a fan and you are a breath of fresh air (though some of your heckling spews forth otherwise, in a positive sense that is- the odorous and malignant stench of the Philippine Political arena. The people needs to know, so kudos on that regard).
Your satirical views borders on genius and just plain madness (I’m just curious, does it run in the family?) hehehe…

i happened to drop by your site because i was searching for Nicole’s recantation of her testimony.
hands down to your site! ang galing galing! funny pero may sense.
🙂
i really admire people like you na sobrang galing magsulat! Keep it up! 🙂

Please write about the obscenity involving the wife of a freaking senator of the Republic – a certain Mrs. Pangilinan (aka Ms. Sharon Cuneta), who had the gumption to buy a PhP 3 M bag and announce it to the whole world via las blabbermouths – Abunda and Aquino. During these times, conspicuous consumption should be declared a crime.

Please write something about Boyet Fajardo … make us find something funny about the whole incident. There has got to be something other than his calling the cashier “Bading” (hello, mirror!) that can be heckled.

By the way, I dread the day that Chicco and Delamar won’t be on air anymore. What would mornings without them be like?

Love your blog.. keeps me highly entertained even from across the Pacific, continents away, here in Peru. BTW, same scene here in Lima too – the daily politics news are so infused like their telenovelas – could be tragic or comic! Heckle on!!! Saludos desde Lima!

last two months, i discovered this account from pep.ph, out of curioty i searched it… and amazingly, i found an intellectual and sensible venue that has transformed philippine’s stupid politics into an acceptable and humorous light. Thanks!

your blogs are awesome. wala kang sinasanto. that’s the way commentaries here in the philippines should be done. dami problema sa bansa natin pero because of our culture we dont confront them head on, instead we beat around the bush. somebody has to say it. no sacred cows. more power to you and keep on doing what you’re doing.

Only today that I discovered this blog of yours. Speechless. Kudos to you my co-tristanian! such a smart person who speaks his mind. I want to be updated of this blog, from today, very entertaining, indeed!

loi pogi, i’ve been a “on & off” visitor of your blog. i do have one, too! but i am more to running/marathon/ultras. while recovering from my daily runs, i am always entertained by reading your posts. i like the way you describe these “personalities” we see & read in our daily news. you are the best “heckler”! keep on writing! btw, runners call me “bald runner”

I’ve always been a fan of current affairs usually read through the pages of PDI. But ever since graduating and joining the Philippine workforce, I found out time for reading the paper has seriously been compromised.

Stumbling upon your blog has compensated for it though. So thanks for keeping me or us updated in a very, very funny way!

I love your witty blog and your innate political humor but could you just please stop insulting the Ateneo. I would have overlooked your hate if you only offended us once but you slated the institution at every chance you get.

dear heckler… pls see the link nelow.. I hope you can help these poor fellows… we hope to bring this to the attention of our government officials… these young fellows had been neglected… thank you so much!!!

ngaun ko lang naisp basahin profile mo. kaw pla si loi pogi…been a rusher since 98 yta un i was still in high school. anyway, this is really awesome. i always check your blog everyday. it never fails to make me laugh

we have recently jump into you url just about every to find something amusing….i find it all so interesting….we looking forward to have you as one of our allies…we are recently developing a site respectfuly to have the same purpose as this but we focus more in Zamboanga del norte…ain’t sound that familiar province ayt?…but im sure you know where Romeo “ow” Romeo jalosjos is from….i have made subscription with you…and hoping that you can be one of our article contributor coz we admire and salute your ideas and writings…Hope to hear from you soon…..

hi loi, chico here of rx. someone from qtv was asking if i knew any other bloggers they can feature in their show. if youre interested, please let me know so i can tell them. i dont know kasi how to get in touch with you, so through here nalang. thanks!

Hope you get the Best Blog Award (AGAIN!!!) this year.
I never get tired of reading your posts. Just when I thought I’ve read your best, another one comes to make my day! I must say, you’re one heck of a blogger. *grin*

Your stuff is good, funny, insightful. True comedy relies on good timing and the right choice of words. Smart stuff….
but….
How can someone with your insight actually be a Lakers fan?? Kobe Bryant??!!
Oh, I get it…
Comedy and satire.
Well done.

An artista boards a plane for Davao and sits down in First Class.
Stewardess approaches her and says :”Ma’am artista, sorry, but your ticket is economy. You have to sit in the back.”
Artista says, ” Hoy, di mo ba ako kilala? Artista ako! Punta akong Davao and I will sit where I like. Che!”
Stewardess goes up to the cockpit and tells the Pilot: “Captain, sorry, but there is an artista who insists on sitting in First Class pero, economy ang ticket nya.”
Pilot says: “Artista? Ah, okay. I know how to speak Artista. I will talk to her.”
Pilot goes back and says something to the Artista. Artista suddenly gets up and says, “Ay, sorry, sorry ha. Lipat na ako sa likod.” And she rushes to Economy.
Stewardess asks: “Wow, galing. What did you tell her?”
Pilot: “I told her we are leaving na but FIRST CLASS DOES NOT FLY TO DAVAO, ONLY ECONOMY.”

You’re blog is really funny and witty at the same time. I loved reading it and I hope you can post more.. Your heckling about the presidentiables was really funny but there’s some truth about it..anyway, thanks!!

Hi interesting blog. Especially the news and photos about the 13 year old daddy was so. By the way is the material posted in your blog free for publication or copyrighted? What if I want to reproduce the news and photos about the 13 year old baby dad in a newspaper here? Please reply.

oh, mr. heckler you are unbelievable. you’re so funny and brilliant and i think i’m already in love with you! hehe…oh no, now i’m sounding like one of those spams i get on my email everyday…great blog by the way! congratulations! 😀

Dear Mr. Heckler…
Your fan is grieving sir! I am knocking upon your door, please help me through this blog. please relate to Mr Gorrel the fight I am in now….
I also go by the name THE OLONGAPOET.
When you commented on my blogsite then, it felt so great and humbling

i always look forward to new posts from you. i always read your jokes aloud to my husband.. and sometimes he doesnt get it..hahaha.. i think your jokes are better read than said… or maybe it’s my delivery.

Tanong namin palagi sa kanya – how come that hospital does not seem to seriously consider when medical professionalism and ethics should end, in cases where it just seems so apparent that it is operating like a hotel-refuge instead of as a hospital? Ngehehe.

My comm ethics professor asked the class to apply our lessons and react on your blog. I’m just curious, do YOU think you are being somehow unethical in writing these blog posts? Do you think you have crossed the line?

i was thinking along the lines of Jose reyes ( earlier post ). i guess with your seeming popularity, intelligence ( sabi ng ibang posters, he he ), wit, good looks, free time ( your bio ), you could probably do something worthwhile. after all, you are a scholar ng bayan. more power to your site.

Wouldnt it be great if we could have this on video? I’d like to do a pilot and see where it goes from there. E-mail me back, I’m interested in turning your blogs into video. Something like a cross between camera cafe and sic o’clock news.

Hi Loi i really enjoyed ur heckling very witty just like me…keep it up i may contribute some nasty comments for u should u allow me. Iv been spreading you blog to my friends and they too enjoyed so much that they cant start the day without reading and pls continue to make fun of our former stup.. pres u know who…

just wondering why you have to post this: “He doesn’t attend mass and refuses to buy the concept of ‘afterlife’. i wonder what you believed in, evolution? big bang theory? si malakas at si maganda? refusing to “buy” as you’ve said those concept would surely mean your living an empty life. its no wonder you said its boring.

considering what you’ve accomplished, posses, state of life and having the wits to find humor in a chaos world is a gift that should be thanked of not something to be used to blatantly express you don’t have the faith. but its your choice, someday though, He’ll tapped you, reminding whom to call when everything fails..

POLITICAL IRONY: GMA minions Gibo and Ebdane crossed paths during their campaign sorties. GIBO with a tinge of sarcasm asked Ebdane, “How does it feel to be in LAST PLACE?”. Ebdane wittily replied, “you TELL me…”, then he announced he was DROPPING out of the race.

i love your posts!its kind of addicting and I couldn’t let a day pass by without reading your blog.I asked my cousins to read your blog and they are also kind of addicted to your witty posts.
Keep it up and I am so looking forward to more political humors from you.
I’m a Batanguena by the way, I read you’re born somewhere here in Batangas.Nice!

Was introduced to your site last year by a colleague, but it’s my first time to actually read a post. At that time, I was passing this site off as another political blah. Poof. Not much fan of Philippine government. Make fun of ’em. Yeah!

This has become a habit at 10 in the morning. I encouraged co-workers and now, this is our daily broadsheet. Facts with a twist. Thanks for the witty blogs and the subliminal messages that go against the corrupt and those power-monsters.

i think i was a respondent twice in similar theses of two UP students a couple of years back. but sure. you’ll find my email add/YM handle in my profile. click ABOUT THE HECKLER. thanks for droppin’ by!

Hi Mr. Heckler a.k.a Loi Pogi , I’m also a graduate of UP (Diliman) and pls just add me to your list of fans…

Question: Are you some kind of an angel? Maybe you’re just in between the good and the evil? Since I started visiting your site (that was just recently referred to me by a friend) I became so much aware (much much more aware and it seems I’m dying to look after your every post amidst the mountains of workload in the office that never fail to amaze me every morning!) of the current happenings in the world of politics. Thanks to your pool of witty jokes and heartrending heckling powers. Love your blog and love you na rin hahaha. (wonder din if you’re still available?) hehe, no worries, it could be just any simple question that you won’t bother to answer at…babae naman ako.

Thank you for stealing 1 man-hour of my productive time from my employer again. You’re blog is so much funner (wrong spelling intended) to read at work, where I can instantly share your jokes to my officemates.

Maybe one day I’ll get employed by one of the politicians you love to heckle. When that happens, I’ll spend more hours reading your blog just to ‘heckle’ them in my own way.

Hello Professional Heckler,
You might be interested to know that your spoof on Manny Villar’s political jinggle, ” Nakaligo ka na ba sa dagat ng basura… (whatever the title is), is circulating as a chain email. I received one myself but didn’t see your name credit. Just thought you should know.

now that the campaign period has started, goodluck if i’d still find time to watch new series. pero before i sleep, i always manage to watch ONE episode of “the practice.” sobrang mahal ko tong series na to so binabalikan ko.

its my first time to access your blog, thanks to pia’s strictly politics this evening. great talent and wit. the thing that struck me was your personal notes on The Ilocos Times. i used to work with this paper and i feel aghast with the staff’s absence of any form of apology to you. shame on them, indeed. i’ll call management’s attention to kick some ass.

thanks noel. pinalampas ko na yan last month. sabi ko honest mistake siguro. but… when i found out that they just replaced the article in question, nainis ako. i mean, ganun na lang ba ‘yun? and yup, pia hontiveros and ANC people (as well as TV5’s newcast) have always been supportive of this blog. sobrang laki ng tulong nila. 🙂

I’ve been reading your blog for some time now and I can’t remember how I discovered it. Anyway, it is very intelligent–it takes a certain IQ level to appreciate and digest the Humour—Sacrcasm at its FINEST! Keep it up

just like what i wrote last october after i won the best humor blog award… walang silbi ang mga sinusulat ko kung walang utak ang mga bumabasa. so napakalaking tulong ang pagkakaroon ng mapanuring mambabasa tulad ninyo

Hi there, I’m a journalist working for a wire agency based in Bangkok and I’m doing a story on the impact of political blogs and the new media in general on the current political campaign, and on the candidates and voters in particular. I’d like to include you as one of my interviewees. Will explain in full if you could send me your email address. Hope to hear from you today or tomorrow. Thanks!

I just finished watching strictly politics of pia hontiveros and got hold of your website (professional heckler). I like reading all your humurous blogs with regards to our politicians and I will follow all your blogs from this moment on. More power and keep up the good humor!

Hi Loi! Your blog always makes me laugh. So refreshing to have an intelligent witty take on pinoy society from a pinoy’s perspective. (By the way, you wrote about my mother in a blog entry last July 2009. Someone told me about it, thanks to that I discovered your blog. Very happy to have come upon it.)

I’m taking a masters course in media studies at UP. For a production class, we have to produce a television show, which mostly follows a talk show format. I’m writing to ask if you would be so kind as to be one of our guests on Monday, March 15, 7-8pm at the UP College of Mass Communication. We will be taping the interview as “live”. The topic is new media and how it’s being used to raise awareness on phil. 2010 elections issues. We need a good dose of sharp wit and irreverence. Since you cheer for the UP Fighting Maroons and the UP Pep Squad, I’m really hoping that you’ll agree to bring some cheer to our UP media studies course. Please send me an email if you’re willing to explore this further? Will provide more info and will try my darndest to entice you to agree. 🙂

Dear Professor Heckler,
I am a 173 year-old Filipino expatriate in Germany. I have 17 wives, 148 children and 392 apo sa tuhod (di ko alam sa english ‘yon e). My point is, Heckler, pagod na pagod na ako at inip na inip na ako sa buhay dahil di ako mamatay-matay, but when I discovered your blog site this morning and started reading it, I instantly knew and recognized that I’ll sail on till the age of 288 without having a dull moment from now on. Chest bump me, man!!

The first step to getting inside the mind of a man is to observe his personality/behavior/attitude. The second step is to get to know the environment he grew up in.

I couldn’t figure out the 1st since I personally don’t know the guy. Never saw him in person either. However, based on the 2nd step, if you researched as i did, we would both know that this guy is in the middle of a family feud within the clan.

He is a nephew of Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., chair of San Miguel Corporation, and 2nd cousin of Benigno Aquino III, one of the presidential aspirants in this poll.

Eduardo’s and Benigno’s families have always been at odds with one another for many reasons i wouldn’t start to care. However, from what is gathered, Eduardo Cojuangco is branded as a Marcos crony and therefore “corrupt”. Not surprising since there were theories that the source of the Cojuangco wealth is not so honorable. This makes the entire clan supposedly untrustworthy.

You might say, give this guy a chance. Okay, so give him this chance. It’s only the Institution of the Presidency we’re talking about here, nothing so important, right? If we make a mistake, Filipinos can always wait for six (6) f**king years to make another mistake.

Oh, by the way, He’s the son of former Social Security System administrator Gilberto Teodoro, Sr. and former Batasang Pambansa member Mercedes Cojuangco-Teodoro. The Social Security System and Batasang Pambansa were both tarnished with corruption.

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RICHARD GORDON

Richard Gordon, like his running mate, Bayani Fernando, is a very practical person. The typical Filipino with his emotional carefree attitude would find his character to be somewhat “big bully” and “tyrannical” due to his no-nonsense approach to solving a problem.

To this candidate, solving a problem is more important than how the population feels about the method. To an emotional carefree population, you will probably agree that this personality is political suicide. However, based on his record, this guy seems to be solving the problems in spite of what people say.

From what is gathered, Gordon began his political career as mayor of Olongapo City, the purported “Sin City” of the Philippines. Critics say he did little to solve the “prostitution problem” but did agree that he was able to improve the city’s economic level.

Personally speaking, I understand why conservative people would react to prostitution as being acceptable. Well, that’s only them speaking. If you surveyed the entire Philippine population, you would probably be surprised how liberated the majority of Filipinos are.

(Filipinos, by nature, are sensuous, emotional, and overly courteous, which explains why they give way to the hypocrisy of the fundamentalist, puritanical, and conservative upbringing their country gives. This also explains why Filipinos are sexy inside but are afraid to show it.)

Going back to the P word, here’s an example: The metropolitan areas of the Clark and Washoe Counties in Nevada, USA would have stunted their growth if it were not for the adult entertainment industries provided by Las Vegas (Clark Co.) and Reno (Washoe Co.).

Here’s something to note: Prostitution in Nevada is legal but regulated within the designated “red light district’ night clubs. Prostitution in London, England is also legal but only if done outside of designated “red light district’ night clubs. This means that you and Mr/Ms adult entertainer should do it inside the clubs in Nevada but should do it in your home or motel in London.

Where am I going with this? Well, we always view prostitution as something bad and, as such, we don’t see people working in this trade as “professionals”. Moreover, these “professionals” are too afraid and ashamed to ply their trade but do so anyway because of need. On the other hand, we see rotten politicians in broad daylight – unafraid and unashamed – and they still get to be considered as “professionals”. Who would you prefer to work besides with? An adult entertainer who would work honestly and pay due taxes promptly if demanded of them? Or rotten politicians who are not honest, who steal taxpayers’ money, and expect that you vote for them next season?

Going back to Richard Gordon, it is refreshing to remember that the former president Ejercito Estrada is one of the senators who led the vote against the retention of the US Bases in the Philippines, which led to 40,000 Filipinos losing their jobs outright, increased the boldness of local rebel groups and terrorists, and destabilized the safety of the country from encroachment by other countries. Well, the Americans left anyway, and the Philippines was also left with the mess made by these senators as well as the after effects of Mt. Pinatubo.

It’s interesting to note that this “bully”, in the form of Richard Gordon, spearheaded the solution to the problems following the American exodus. The solutions may have not been all his own concepts, but he was the guy who facilitated them all together.

So there’s your choice… Do you want a good-looking president with a questionable family and track record who promises his heart out to you? Or do you want a “bully” who could help facilitate the solutions to your problems?

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EDDIE VILLANUEVA

From what I last gathered, the Republic of the Philippines is still a democracy in which Church and State are separate. Eddie Villanueva may be an honest, uncorrupted, and “Christian” candidate, but his status as leader of a religious congregation is, to my personal opinion, not compatible with the Separation of Church and State clause.

The reason for separating Church and State is very evident in history. If you’re a student of history, you would remember that the times the Church and State worked as a single mind, worldwide catastrophes happened like terrorism today and the Crusades centuries before.

Simply put, Church and State cannot be a single mind, for all our sakes.

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MANUEL VILLAR

If I’m not mistaken, there was a recent scandal on the Philippines’ C-5 Road Extension Project. Isn’t this guy in the middle of it all? If this person wins the election, the Philippines is truly a nation of monkeys and fools.
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BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III

On the other hand Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is the son of the “Great Filipino Hero and Martyr”, Ninoy Aquino and the “untarnished” and first female president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino as well as brother to Philippine celebrity, Kris Aquino. Aside from being the son or brother of well-known people, I haven’t’ read anything else this guy was famous for.

Are you going to gamble your vote on this nobody/loser?

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JOHN CARLOS DELOS REYES

He’s a nephew of Richard Gordon. Practically speaking, i don’t understand why he’s running against his uncle in the presidentiable elections. His uncle is highly experienced in serving the country. From what i gathered, he only has his city councilor experience and guts to back him up in his campaign. In this online poll he’s able to gather 1% at least. Imagine if he just supported his uncle as city councilor or mayor or Zambales district representative/congessman, this 1% could aid his uncle for president and aid him in his young career as well. He’s better off winning as mayor instead of president. Frankly speaking, either he has a personal grudge against his uncle (gone too far) or he’s a young idealist fool (not all idealists are fools, but this one is). Potentially, he may prove to be a good leader, but he’s making the wrong steps.

hmmm sa nababasa ko si gibo ang may cleanest record.. issues pointed to him are just allegations o kaya nadawit lang sa pangalan ni madam mole.. and gibo’s parents worked in those institutions sooo long time ago, why connect the present corruption issues to them,, his father has a clean record in sss. danding’s family supporting noynoy shows they can’t just manipulate gibo.

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You never fail to make me laugh with your every post. At the same time, you also make me think. There! Intellectually stimulating you are, Mr. PH!

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